Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an additional amount of $466.91 from Operation Legal Help Ohio, and to appropriate the same amount from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund, and to extend the grant award period through December 31, 2019. The court was already awarded $6,900.00. This new additional amount of $466.91 will bring the grant total to $7,366.91.
This grant provides transportation services to participants of the Military and Veteran Service (MAVS) specialized docket.
FISCAL IMPACT
$466.91 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION is requested so that the Court can begin expending the funds as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an additional award of $466.91 from Operation Legal Help Ohio for the purpose of providing transportation services to participants of the Military and Veterans Service (MAVS) specialized docket; to appropriate the same amount from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court and extend the grant period; and to declare an emergency. ($466.91)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city’s best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court to continue to receive support for participants of the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, additional grant monies from Operation Legal Help Ohio in the amount of $466.91 have been awarded to provide transportation services to participants of Military and Veteran’s Court; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Court, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to provide transportation services and to appropriate and transfer the necessary funds for the program thereby preserving the public health, peace, propert...
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